Your Official Guide to Central Park I Central Park Conservancy
The organization that cares for NYC’s iconic 843-acre park offers public tours, family activities, and expert insight to help you get to know our beloved greenspace.
Plan Your Visit - Central Park Conservancy
The organization that cares for NYC’s iconic 843-acre park offers public tours, family activities, and expert insight to help you get to know our beloved greenspace.
Official Central Park Tours
Book the only official Central Park tour! Family activities, walking tours, expert guides to this NYC gem. A small fee supports the iconic 843-acre park.
Things to Do | Central Park Conservancy
The opportunities to engage with Central Park are as diverse as the City it calls home. The Conservancy's year-round lineup includes daily programs, seasonal and holiday events, educational opportunities, and ways to give back to your 843-acre backyard.
160 Years of Central Park: A Brief History
Jun 1, 2017 · Central Park serves as a peaceful haven for New Yorkers—an escape from the City grind and a place to encounter nature up-close. Yet the captivating story of how the Park became a world-class destination includes the renovation of swampy land, several periods of decline, and the phenomenal work of many civic-minded New Yorkers.
About Us - Central Park Conservancy
Central Park is a masterpiece of landscape architecture created to provide a profoundly democratic space and green respite for the City and all its people and to establish New York as one of the great cities of the world.
Park History - Central Park Conservancy
Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Central Park influenced the development of urban parks nationwide and is widely regarded a masterpiece of landscape architecture. Central Park is a National Historic Landmark (1963) and a …
Places to See | Central Park Conservancy
All ages of tourists and New Yorkers enjoy the iconic Central Park merry-go-round, watching or hopping on as horses gallop along to the calliope tunes coming from the organ inside. Discover the Carousel’s fascinating history!
Your Central Park Moment
There's no place like Central Park. Its 843 acres are filled with moments for all New Yorkers—moments of peace, connection, exercise, and escape. Yet what often goes unnoticed is the role of the Central Park Conservancy in creating and protecting your Park moment.
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CENTRAL PARK MAP
CENTRAL PARK MAP Hours Central Park opens at 6:00 am and closes at 1:00 am, 365 days a year. Visitor Centers and Facilities Start your trip at a visitor center. Look for this icon on the map. Charles A. Dana Discovery Center 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues Belvedere Castle Mid-Park at 79th Street Dairy Visitor Center & Gift Shop